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Doctor Who Makes Guinness Book of World Records

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cue-the-music dept.

shadowlight1 writes "According to a BBC press release, cult favorite Doctor Who has entered the Guiness Book of World Records as the world's longest running science fiction show! There we go, it's official. Also, the second season of Who premieres on the SciFi channel tonight." From the release: "The series began on 23 November, 1963, and was revived in 2005 after 16 years off the screen. William Hartnell played the original Doctor Who, with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison among those following in his footsteps. Christopher Eccleston took up the mantle of the ninth Timelord last year - following the show's relaunch. He was replaced after just one series by David Tennant after Eccleston dropped out. "

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  1. Dr Who Makes Guiness.... by krell · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Timelord. Brewer. Patriot".

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  2. Re:Here Here by TimothyTimothyTimoth · · Score: 3, Funny
    There has to be some comedy combination of longest run through time and Time Lord ... sort of pun.

    If only I had a TARDIS I could grab the best one from the end of this thread and insert it her.

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  3. Den Den Den Den Woooooooo by Luke+Psywalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=0s95Mm0cFqg

  4. Re:Here Here by TimothyTimothyTimoth · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have to reply to myself on behalf of Freud.

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  5. Longest running? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Also, the second season of Who premieres on the SciFi channel tonight.

    Must have been one loooong first season then :)

  6. Then maybe we can change that Slashdot icon... by ProteusQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Enough of that ST:TOS head. Replace it with the TARDIS!

  7. Dr. Who in the record books... by crazyjeremy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps there should be another mention of Dr. Who in Guiness Book of World Records. As far as I know it's the only sci-fi show EVER to be able to complete a season in one country, before that season starts in another.

    If one so wishes, he could watch all of the second season already, but in the US the second season is just now starting.

    That's some amazing technology! Time travel? Alternative-Universe? Or just plain old creative bittorenting?

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  8. I'll take.... by Siberwulf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll take "Topics That Would Have Made Sense the First Time I Read Them, had the Author Used More Punctuation" for 1000, Alex.

  9. The Title of This Article... by commisaro · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... is a dependant clause. It really needs to be finished. Doctor who makes Guinness Book of World Records... does what, exactly?

  10. Re:Guinness Book of Trivia by nagora · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yes, but you don't get a prize for it.

    Only because some cheaty bastard would run on while all the honest people were in the pub.

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  11. Re:Nitpick: it's "Hear, hear" by AlzaF · · Score: 3, Funny

    its not my fault you can't understand my accent

  12. Re:Here's what I don't understand (spoiler)... by VikingBerserker · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Time Lords do not exist, except as opposites - with a zero value existence. Add the opposites together and the Time Lords cease to exist.